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Minnesota Unknown

Minnesota Unknown

From the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Duck Duck Gray Duck, and perpetual road construction, welcome to Minnesota Unknown — a regional history podcast.Join local historians and tour guides Alex Weston, Josie Bergmann, and Hannah Norton for deep dives into Minnesota"s storied past, with a special emphasis on the surprising, the unusual, and little-known history hidden in plain sight.www.minnesotaunknown.com

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When Bears Attack!

Minnesota Unknown ·

2026/01/12

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, there have been zero recorded fatal bear attacks in Minnesota. However, that’s not technically true. Join us for the harrowing tale of the fatal bear attack THEY don’t want you to know about, which occurred in Mankato in 1934. ***(Content Warning: animal death, fatal bear attack) Additional music used in this episode: “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys,” by Kevin MacLeod. (Free Music Archive) Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Pigeon Bombs

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/12/19

During WWII, one of the most daunting engineering challenges facing the military was how to design a bomb that could actually hit its intended target. University of Minnesota professor of psychology B. F. Skinner believed that he had the answer: the US could train pigeons to guide missiles. Aiding him in this Quixotic quest would be an unlikely partner: General Mills (yes, the cereal company).Join us for the stranger-than-fiction story of "Project Pigeon," a top secret collaboration between General

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Storm of the Century: The 1905 Mataafa Blow

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/11/26

This week, the Witch of November has come stealin' again as we bring you the truly EPIC tale of a storm that was remembered for decades by residents of Minnesota’s North Shore as the “Storm of the Century.” An inland cyclone blew across Lake Superior on November 27th, 28th, and 29th of 1905, sinking 29 ships and claiming 36 lives.This episode has everything, from the most harrowing shipwreck narratives we’ve ever heard, the heroic derring-do of a "human squirrel," Samoan kings, “horny-handed sons of

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/11/15

"The lake, it is said, never gives up her deadWhen the skies of November turn gloomy..."-Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund FitzgeraldFifty years ago this week, the iron ore freighter S.S, Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the icy waters of Lake Superior, claiming the lives of 29 sailors.In this episode, we recount her harrowing final voyage, and examine why, out of the hundreds of shipwrecks that have occurred Lake Superior, the Edmund Fitzgerald maintains such an enduring hold on popular

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32:31

Minnesota's Most Haunted Part 2: The Griggs Mansion

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/11/07

Welcome everyone, to part two of a two-part series on what are alleged to be Minnesota’s most haunted houses. If you haven't listened to last week’s episode, we recommend that you do so, as this one picks up pretty much where that one left off. (Content Warning: suicide, death, and a brief allusion to sexual assault)Now, as a refresher, last week we discussed the Forepaugh mansion in St. Paul, which was built in 1870 for businessman Joseph Forepaugh and today houses a fine dining restaurant known as

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Minnesota's Most Haunted - Part 1: Forepaugh's

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/10/31

The Forepaugh mansion was built in 1870 for dry goods merchant and shoe manufacturer Joseph Forepaugh and his wife Mary. Today, the mansion is famous for two things: fine dining, and being among the most haunted places in the state.(Content Warning: suicide, death, sexual exploitation)Rumors of a haunting started soon after the historic mansion was converted into a restaurant in 1976. Customers and staff alike began reporting strange experiences, including hearing footsteps where no one was there,

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BONUS- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About...

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/10/29

Welcome to a very special BONUS episode of Minnesota Unknown!This is a companion piece to our first episode, which covered a bugle-playing chimney sweep named Skunky Norton who was a beloved local celebrity in St. Paul at the turn of the 20th century. You don’t necessarily have to have heard our first episode to understand this one, though we do hope you’ll check it out if you haven’t already.Our original edit of the first episode was about twice as long, mostly because we went on a long digression

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The Mystery of Slunky Norton

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/10/22

At the turn of the 20th century, the most beloved celebrity in St. Paul, Minnesota was a bugle-playing chimney sweep named Slunky Norton.For our inaugural episode, hosts Hannah, Alex, and Josie provide an origin story for Minnesota Unknown by bringing listeners along down a research rabbit hole that has been an obsession for these three local history nerds for years. The three used to work together at the Minnesota Historical Society, and during their time there they came across the incredible story

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TRAILER: Minnesota Unknown

Minnesota Unknown ·

2025/10/17

Coming soon from from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Babe the Blue Ox, and Duck Duck Gray Duck:Minnesota Unknown — a brand-new local history podcast.Join Alex Weston, Josie Bergmann, and Hannah Norton, three local historians and major history nerds with years of experience leading tours and working at historic sites and museums. Each week we'll offer deep dives into Minnesota's storied past, with a special emphasis on the surprising, the unusual, and little-known history hidden in plain sight.In 2024,

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